CosmicFuzz wrote:
Yeah I think you need to hit diagonal up-back and hold at the same time (does that make sense?). Although I'm not sure, gah didn't realise you could just hold back and press hold at the right time to counter, thought you had to press both at the same time.

That's not a counter, is it? I thought that was a hold. Counters are just getting a quick move in after your opponent has started theirs and it's about learning the best moves with the short startup times.

I think that's yet another way the movesets are balanced. I don't think there are many, if any, short startup moves which give you a critical, so they don't give you control, but do allow you to avoid getting into a critical youself.

I think counterholds are just another name for holds. But I don't know what offensive holds are yet - I've not really spent the time to study the move lists yet.

Yay, got my first streetpass. I've not had the cart in yesterday, so I've currently got a costume spotpass and a streetpass battle together. Now I've put the cart in, the spot on the application icon is switching back and forth between blue and green.

Heh, that supposed 'class E' opponent was rather easy to beat. Given the number of local plays he's had, I guess he's got someone nearby with the game, and has got most of the points from that.

What a game! I'm really addicted to the internet battles now. There is something all kinds of awesome about lying in my bed fighting people from across the world.

It really is a shame that this didn't sell all that well as not once have I ever been able to find someone in the "REGION ALL" section. The "WORLD ALL" section normally works but even then you sometimes have to wait for half a minute or so.

I only win about 1 match out of 7, but even so I can feel myself getting slowly better at it with regards to reversals, slow escapes, and the like.

I played my first A+ player last night, and got a proper thumping. I play as Hitomi and the git (who was playing as Eliot) kept on managing to position himself behind me and unleashing a massive combo. I love this game!

I'm honestly not sure as I wouldn't inflict my attempts are fighting on anyone online

I can check if you need confirmation, but I suspect there will still be people playing, but they'll have been playing so long they'll be like real ninjas. Hopefully it should try to match your skill level, but there are limits such as if you're really, really bad.

As an aside, 5 minutes with the demo was enough to convince me to pick it up, why all games don't automatically have a demo in the store a few days before release is beyond me, I never would have tried it otherwise.